Dress
Designer
Stephen Burrows
(born 1943)
c. 1973
Rayon jersey
Gift of Mrs. Chris Chase
Object number76.123.1
Steven Burrows takes the simple T-shirt — a ubiquitous example of utilitarian clothing — and turns it into a sensual dress with an anti-establishment sensibility. Constructed from fluid fabrics, his colorful, body-conscious garments prioritized movement. Burrows’s trademark zig-zag stitching in contrasting colors was a precursor to the deconstructed look of the 1980s.
DescriptionLong shift dress in red rayon jersey; round neck finished with 2 cm band of bright blue jersey, cross stitched to dress; shaped short sleeves - right sleeve in bright blue with kelly green cuff - left sleeve in orange with red cuffExhibitions